黑海帝国：密教世界的兴衰[有声读物]

所谓的庞托斯王国在黑海沿海地区繁荣了200多年。在公元前一世纪早期的鼎盛时期，它包括了南部、东部和北部沿海的大部分地区，成为最重要的希腊王朝之一，而不是亚历山大大帝的继任者建立的王朝。这也是罗马帝国在东方扩张的最大挑战之一。直到公元前63年，在多次暴力冲突之后，罗马才征服了王国及其最后一位有魅力的统治者米特里达梯六世。这本书提供了这个重要王国的第一部通史，从希腊文学中的神话起源，到它与罗马共和国晚期的纠葛。
Duane Roller展示了其统治者及其与东地中海和近东大国（尤其是罗马）的复杂关系。他详细讨论了庞托斯的文化成就——融合了希腊和波斯的影响——以及它在政治和军事上的成功，特别是在米特里达梯六世（Mithridates VI）的统治下，事实证明，米特里达梯六世与汉尼拔一样是罗马的强大敌人。庞托斯以前的历史几乎只关注其最后一位统治者的职业生涯。《黑海帝国》将这一著名的统治置于其广泛的历史背景中，是一个强大但鲜为人知的古代王朝的引人入胜和权威的描述。
Empire of the Black Sea: The Rise and Fall of the Mithridatic World [Audiobook]
What is commonly called the kingdom of Pontos flourished for over 200 years in the coastal regions of the Black Sea. At its peak in the early first century BC, it included much of the southern, eastern, and northern littoral, becoming one of the most important Hellenistic dynasties not founded by a successor of Alexander the Great. It also posed one of the greatest challenges to Roman imperial expansion in the East. Not until 63 BC, after many violent clashes, was Rome able to subjugate the kingdom and its last charismatic ruler Mithridates VI. This book provides the first general history of this important kingdom, from its mythic origins in Greek literature to its entanglements with the late Roman Republic.
Duane Roller presents its rulers and their complex relationships with the powers of the eastern Mediterranean and Near East, most notably Rome. He includes detailed discussions of Pontos’ cultural achievements – a blend of Greek and Persian influences – as well as its political and military successes, especially under Mithridates VI, who proved to be as formidable a foe to Rome as Hannibal. Previous histories of Pontos have focused almost exclusively on the career of its last ruler. Setting that famous reign in its wide historical context, Empire of the Black Sea is an engaging and definitive account of a powerful yet little-known ancient dynasty.

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